Suicide By Airplane
By JetAviator7 on Mar 02, 2010 with Comments 0
The suicide by airplane that occurred in Austin, TX has once again sent the non-aviation community looking to impose still more regulation and restrictions on the use of general aviation aircraft. For some reason it seems that there is a belief with the general population that you can legislate the risks out of almost anything. For example, look at the health care debate. What piques my curiosity is where the idea that everyone in the United States is entitled to health care provided by the government. I don’t understand where this “entitlement” became accepted by the American people. |
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 Suicide By Airplane The truth is there is no way to prevent every act by someone who is unstable in a country of 300+ million people. When you consider that there are more than 30,000 suicides each year in the U.S., plus another 700,000+ attempted suicides in the U.S. each year, the average of less than 2 suicides per year by aircraft over the past 20 years shows that aviation contributes very little to this problem. I would hope that any response to this suicide be taken only after careful, reasonable and appropriate reviews of the circumstances surrounding this event. What do you think? JetAviator7 You are professionals trained to deal with three things that can kill you: gravity, combustion, and inertia. Keep them under control, and you’ll die in bed. — Sailor Davis, long-time TWA ground school instructor. |
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